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Cambodian Public Holiday |
2010 | 2011 | ||
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Int' New Year’s Day |
It is a public holyday without celebration. Cambodians celebrate the Khmer New Year in April | 1 JAN | 1 JAN | |
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Liberation Day |
This day celebrates the end of the Khmer Rouge regime, when Vietnam invaded Cambodia in January 1979. It is a controversial celebration because it also marks the start of 10 years of foreign occupancy. | 7 JAN | 7 JAN | |
| បុណ្យមាឃបូជា | During the fool moon, processions take place to commemorate Buddha's last sermon. | 1 MAR | 18 FEB | |
| Meak Bochea | ||||
 International Women’s Day |
UNESCO and the Ministry of Women's Affairs organize celebrations like parades with float in many towns, in order to make people aware of women's rights. | 8 MAR | 8 MAR | |
 Khmer New Year |
The New
Year Festival is
a three day celebration to mark the end of harvesting
season, a relax period before the rainy season. This
festival marks the turn of the lunar year according to
the Khmer calendar During three days, people make offering to God and play traditional games in temples. Cambodians also decorate their homes and they often go on the streets armed with small bags of water to pour it on people they meet. |
14 - 16 APRIL | 14 - 16 APRIL | |
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1 MAY | 1 MAY | ||
| Labour Day | ||||
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For the fool moon, processions to temples take place to commemorate the Buddha's Birthday | 26 MAY | 17 MAY | |
| Visakh Bochea | ||||
 Bonn Chroat Preah Nongkoal |
The Royal
Ploughing Festivalannounces the start of the
rainy season and the planting season. A Royal Ploughing ceremony held near the Royal Palace and the National Museum in Phnom Penh, is a traditional and predictive ceremony. According to the choices of crops eaten by cows, Cambodians believe they can predict some natural events such as floods, droughts, epidemics, ... |
25 MAY | 21 MAY | |
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Some exhibitions, like live shows and a firework, are organized in front of the Royal Palace, close to the riverbanks of the Mekong in Phnom Penh. | 13 - 15 MAY | 13 - 15 MAY | |
| King Sihamoni's Birthday | ||||
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1 JUN | 1 JUN | ||
| nternational Childrens' Day | ||||
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For the Queen Mother Holiday, only the Royal Family celebrates this day going to temples and making offerings. | 18 JUN | 18 JUN | |
| Former Queen's Birthday, Norodom Monineath Sihanouk | ||||
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It commemorates the 1993 Constitution. | 24 SEP | 24 SEP | |
| Constitution Day | ||||
 King Sihamoni Coronation Day |
29 OCT | 29 OCT | ||
Former King's Birthday, Norodom Sihanouk |
Some exhibitions, live shows and a firework, are organized close to the riverbanks in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. | 31 OCT | 31 OCT | |
Water Festival |
Over three days
starting with the fool moon, people go to the banks of Tonle
Sap lake or
the Mekong to see brightly coloured boats and some boat
races. The best place to be is Phnom Penh where a
firework is organized, or in Siem
Reap in
front of Angkor Wat. The Water Festival is a very ancient festivity because some carvings in the Bayon Temple depict boat competitions on water. The festival honors a Khmer naval victory achieved under King Jayavarman VII, and marks the changing of the flow of Tonle Sap lake. It is seen as thanksgiving to the Mekong river for providing some fertile land and abundant fish. |
1 - 3 NOV | 9 - 11 NOV | |
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It celebrates Cambodian Independence from France in 1953. A parade takes place in front of the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh | 9 Nov | 9 Nov | |
| Independence Day | ||||
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Festival of traditional dance to mark Cambodian commitment for tough controls of arms in the world. | 10 Dec | 10 Dec | |
| Human Rights Day | ||||
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